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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
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PLANNING
STRICTER CONTROLS INTRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THROUGH RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE WHEREBY DEVELOPERS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO SUBMIT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR APPROVAL BEFORE CARRYING OUT FILLING WORKS;
ENVIORNMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS PROGRESSIVELY INTRODUCING LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL MEASURES UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE YUEN LONG ENVIRONS BECAME PART OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL AREAS ON JUNE 1 THIS YEAR; AND
DRAINAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD INTRODUCED DRAINAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AS FROM DECEMBER LAST YEAR AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
OTHER WORKS INCLUDED REGULAR PROGRAMMES OF DESILTING RIVERS AND STREAMS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $8 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, 68 DESILTING/DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS COSTING $134 MILLION CARRIED OUT BY THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICES SINCE APRIL 1989, AND $12 MILLION WORKS REMOVE THE POLLUTANTS AND CONTAMINATED SILT IN THE TUEN MUN NULLAH.
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MR LEUNG SAID THERE WERE MANY CAUSES OF SILTING, SOME BEING A NATURAL PROCESS WHILE SOME HAD BEEN CAUSED OR EXACERBATED BY MAN.
"THE PROBLEM IS NOTABLY SERIOUS IN SAN TIN, YUEN LONG AND IS GENERALLY UNDER CONTROL IN TUEN MUN, HE SAID.
MR LEUNG SAID TYPHOONS WARREN AND BRENDA IN 1988 AND 1989 RESPECTIVELY HAD CAUSED SERIOUS FLOODING IN SILT UP AREAS IN HA TSUEN.
"THE TOTAL DAMAGE IN THE YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN DISTRICTS WAS ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE REGION OF $29 MILLION ($16 MILLION TO AGRICULTURE AND $13 MILLION TO PROPERTY) AND ABOUT $2 MILLION WAS PAID OUT TO FARMERS IN THE YUEN LONG AREA, HE SAID.
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SOCIAL CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY TO BE STUDIED * * * * *
ON YOUNG CAUSES OF
THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE'S STANDING COMMITTEE OFFENDERS PLANS TO COMMISSION A STUDY ON THE SOCIAL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM LIEH-MAK, MR STRACHAN SAID THE STUDY WHICH YEAR WOULD GIVE FURTHER INSIGHT INTO THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES COULD BE TAKEN.
PROFESSOR THE HON FELICE WOULD START EARLY NEXT PROBLEM SO THAT BETTER
/NOTING THAT